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How Canada did on Sunday

Here's how Canada's athletes performed in 14 sports on Sunday in Rio:

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Women -- Heather Bansley, Waterdown, Ont., and Sarah Pavan, Kitchener, Ont., won their preliminary-round match 2-0 over Sophie van Gestel and Jantine van der Vlist of the Netherlands; Jamie Broder, Victoria, and Kristina Valjas, Toronto, defeated Marta Menegatti and Laura Giombini of Italy, 2-1.

CANOE/KAYAK

Men's C1 slalom -- Cameron Smedley of Dunrobin, Ont., placed 15th overall in qualfying with a top score of 104.83, just missing a berth in the final by 2.05.

Men's K-1 slalom -- Michael Tayler, Ottawa, was ranked 16th in qualifying (93.47), and failed to advance by 0.18 points.

CYCLING

Women's road race -- Karol-Ann Canuel, Gatineau, Que., finished 25th in three hours, 56 minutes and 34 seconds; Leah Kirchmann of Winnipeg was 38th (4:01:29); Tara Whitten, Calgary, did not finish.

DIVING

Women's three-metre synchronized springboard -- Jennifer Abel, Laval, Que., and Pamela Ware, Greenfield Park, Que., placed fourth in the event with 298.32 points.

EQUESTRIAN (EVENTING)

Individual Dressage -- Rebecca Howard, Marlborough, U.K.. and Riddle Master, posted a score of 49.40; Colleen Loach, Dunham, Que. (Qorry Blue d'Argouges), had 56.50 points.

Team Dressage -- Canada stands 12th overall after the second day of competition with 150.80 points.

FENCING

Men's Individual Foil -- Maximilien Van Haaster, Montreal, won his opening match 15-7 over Antonio Leal of Venezuela, but was eliminated with a 15-4 second-round loss to Gerek Meinhardt of the U.S.

JUDO

Men's -66 kilogram class -- Antoine Bouchard, Jonquiere, Que., won his elimination-round match 100-0 over Raymond Ovinou of Papua New Guinea by Uchi-Mata; defeated Mikael Puliaev of Russia Os1-1s1 and Imas Bassou of Morocco, 1s2-Os3; lost 100s2-Os1 in the quarter-finals to Adrian Gomboc of Slovenia; won his repechage 10s3-0s1 over Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj of Mongolia and lost to Masashi Ebinuma of Japan, 101s1-0 in a bronze medal match.

Women's -52 kilograms -- Ecaterina Guica, La Prairie, Que., lost in the elimination round to Natalia KLuziutina of Russia, 2-Os1.

ROWING

Men's lightweight fours -- Brendan Hodge, South Delta, B.C.; Maxwell Lattimer, Delta, B.C.; Nicolas Pratt, Kingston, Ont.; and Eric Woelfl, St. Catharines, Ont., and men's quad sculls -- Julien Bahain, Sherbrooke, Que.; Will Dean, Kelowna, B.C.; Rob Gibson, Kingston, Ont.; and Pascal Lussier, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., had their repechage races cancelled due to high winds.

RUGBY SEVENS

Women -- Canada lost their final preliminary-round match 22-0 to Britain, then defeated France 15-5 in the quarter-finals. They advance to Monday's semifinal against Australia.

SHOOTING

Women's Trap -- Cynthia Meyer, Bowen Island, B.C., placed seventh in qualifying with 67 points, did not advance to the semifinal round.

Women's 10-metre air pistol -- Lynda Kiejko, Calgary, was 38th in qualifying (374), did not advance.

SWIMMING

Women's 100 backstoke -- Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., had the third-best overall time in qualifying (59.07), and was fifth-overalll in the semifinals to earn a berth in the Monday's medal race (59.06); Dominique Bouchard, North Bay, Ont., was 12th overall (1:00.18) in qualifying, and 12th in the semifinals (1:00.54), did not advance.

Women's 100 breaststroke -- Rachel Nicol, Lethbridge, Alta., advanced to the Sunday night's semifinals after placing 11th in qualifying (1:06.85), then earned a berth in the final with the eighth-best time (1:06.73); Kierra Smith, Kelowna, B.C., was 19th (1:07.41), did not advance.

Women's 100 butterfly -- Penny Oleksiak, Toronto, won the silver medal (57.10).

Women's 400 freestyle -- Brittany MacLean, Toronto, was the fifth-fastest in qualifying (4:03.43) and was fifth in the final (4:04.69); Emily Overholt, West Vancouver, B.C., was 25th (4:16:24) and did not advance.

Men's 100 backstroke -- Javier Acevedo, Toronto, missed out on the semifinals by 0.12 seconds after placing 17th in qualifyng (54.11).

Men's 4x100 freestyle relay -- Santo Condorelli, Kenora, Ont.; Yuri Kisil, Calgary; Markus Thormeyer, Tsawwassen, B.C.; and Evan Van Moerkerke, Tillsonburg, Ont., placed fifth in qualifying (3:14.06), and were seventh in the final (3:14.35).

TABLE TENNIS

Men -- Eugene Wang, Ottawa, def. Ahmet Li, Turkey, 4-0.

TENNIS

Women's doubles-- Eugenie Bouchard, Westmount, Que., and Gabriela Dabrowski, Ottawa, won their opener over Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Paula Kania of Poland, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Men's doubles -- Daniel Nestor, Toronto, and Vasek Pospisil, Vernon, B.C., def. Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

VOLLEYBALL

Men -- Canada opened their tournament by defeating the United States, 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23).



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